Poster advertising a game between the Kansas City Monarchs and the Harlem Stars: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A Negro American League baseball poster featuring Satchel Paige and Goose Tatum. The poster is white at top and has a white border. The text at the top of the poster is red and says “VICTORY FIELD / INDIANAPOLIS / FRI. AUG. 31 8:00 p. m. / Adults $1.25 Children 12 & Under 25¢. Below this in white text in a blcak square is "NEGRO American LEAGUE / BASEBALL." Printed in black ink on a red background is “25 TIMES WORLD’S / Champions / Kansas City / Monarchs / VS / Harlem Stars / FEATURING THE CLOWN PRINCE OF BASEBALL GOOSE TATUM.” Images of Goose Tatum and Stchel Page are also printed on the red background. At the bottom of the poster in white text on a black background is “SEE – IN ACTION – LE ROY ‘SATCHEL’ PAIGE / ‘THE AGELESS WONDER’ REPUTEDLY THE / GREATEST PITCHER OF ALL TIME!”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1962
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Satchel Paige, American, 1906 - 1982
• Subject of: Goose Tatum, American, 1921 - 1967
• Subject of: Negro League Baseball Players Association, American, founded 1990
• Subject of: Kansas City Monarchs, American, 1920 - 1965
• Subject of: New York Harlem Stars, American, 1931 - 1931
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on cardboard
• Dimensions: H x W: 21 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (55.2 x 34.9 cm)
• Place printed: Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
• Place depicted: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Athletes
• Topic: Baseball
• Topic: Segregation
• Topic: Sports
• Object number: 2013.135.3
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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